GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |